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Imagine you have been hired to conduct a social engineering penetration test by a flooring sales and installation company with showrooms, warehouses, and offices throughout the state. Recently, several employees, including the company's president, fell prey to a phishing scam. The company's leadership realized they needed to better understand social engineering to better protect the company, the employees, and their customers. The first step is to present a general overview of social engineering and how social engineering threats function in preparation for the social engineering penetration test to the leadership team.

Create a slide media-rich presentation with speaker notes providing your client with details on how the social engineering penetration test will be conducted. Include the following information:

Explain the concept of social engineering and how it can threaten the security of an organization.

Describe human-, computer-, and mobile-based methods of social engineering.

Explain differences between social engineering threats from inside and outside an organization.

Identify tools and techniques used in a social engineering campaign.

Explain how credentials are captured.

Describe the target audience and what characteristics will be exploited in your social engineering penetration test.